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Soly vs Sly - What's the difference?

soly | sly |

As adverbs the difference between soly and sly

is that soly is obsolete form of lang=en while sly is slyly.

As an adjective sly is

artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.

soly

English

Adverb

(-)
  • * Spenser
    • Seeing her selfe all soly succourlesse.
  • * Spenser
    • For Venus selfe doth soly couples seeme,
    Both male and female through commixture ioynd.

    sly

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (obsolete)

    Adjective

  • Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
  • Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice; nimble; skillful; cautious; shrewd; knowing; — in a good sense.
  • Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle; as, a sly trick.
  • Light or delicate; slight; thin.

    • Synonyms

    * artful * cunning * knowing * sharp * crafty * shrewd * shifty * sly as a fox * slim * wily * See also

    Derived terms

    * sly as a fox * slyboots * slyness

    External links

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    Adverb

  • Slyly.

    • Anagrams

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